Lion

(CNN) - Lions are in peril. They're losing their natural habitats. They're being poached to death. And, in Africa, their population has declined 90% in the last 75 years.

A lion cub, puppies, more than a hundred parrots were seized in the back of a truck in Turkey’s western Edirne province on March 3, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

12-year-old pregnant lioness Raya will be transported by a team of "Four Paws" from Razgrad to Sofia because the zoo in town does not have the conditions for birth and raising the little one, NGN News Agency reported on Sunday. In November experts from the organization visited Razgrad and after an examination of the lioness found that she was in an advanced pregnancy.

Conservation groups sued the U.S. government on Nov. 20 over a plan to allow hunters to bring home elephant and lion trophies from Zimbabwe, following changing statements about the possible move by President Donald Trump’s administration.

The Akbank Jazz Festival, one of the longest-running festivals in Turkey, is celebrating its 27th year.

A lion evacuated from the war-torn province of Syria's Aleppo to the Marmara province of Bursa gave birth in Jordan on Aug. 12.

The lion named "Deina," was pregnant when she was brought to Bursa. She gave birth after she was transferred to a zoo in Jordan.
Officials in Jordan's Al Ma'wa Protection Center of Wildlife and Nature gave the name "Hajar" to the little lion cub.

A group of animals from Aleppo Zoo in war-torn Syria, which was heavily damaged during the clashes in the city, have been sent to Turkey and taken under protection.

Numbers of animals from Aleppo Zoo which was heavily damaged were sent to Turkey and taken unde protection from war-torn Syria.

The tamer was attacked by one lion at first, but then at least one more took part in the attack. A series of repeated attacks followed, while the audience was watching in horror before fleeing the circus.

The man was saved his assistants with serious injuries but his life is not in danger.

The incident took place in Ukraine.

A Turkish man has been caught while attempting to smuggle a one month-old lion cub from Ukraine to Turkey, Doğan News Agency reported on March 23.